"How many animals are doing that or birds?" Stone asked. "I don't want to second-guess the city, but I can't think of anything chemically that would have me be concerned."

Dr. Gary Oxman, a Multnomah County health officer, also told The Oregonian: "The health risk associated with that is really, really tiny."

A healthy bladder holds up to 16 ounces of urine, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Water bureau administrator David Shaff told KATU it's not about the science.

"There are people who will say it‚Äôs an overreaction,‚ÄĚ he said. ‚ÄúI don‚Äôt think so. I think just dealing with the ‚Äėyuck factor,‚Äô I can imagine how many people would be saying, ‚ÄėI made orange juice with that water this morning. That‚Äôs not what I want to hear.‚Äô ‚ÄĚ

Bureaucrat David Shaff said:
"There are people who will say it‚Äôs an overreaction,‚ÄĚ he said. ‚ÄúI don‚Äôt think so. I think just dealing with the ‚Äėyuck factor,‚Äô I can imagine how many people would be saying, ‚ÄėI made orange juice with that water this morning. That‚Äôs not what I want to hear.‚Äô ‚ÄĚ

Scientist David Stone said:
"How many animals are doing that or birds?" Stone asked. "I don't want to second-guess the city, but I can't think of anything chemically that would have me be concerned."

I was going to hate on the dude, but then I thought how he seems to have nothing in this world... if I were his age again I might do something equally stupid. On top of that, why is our water supply so close to the fence that you can actually pee it it??? That is even more unbelievable. Why don't they place the fence ten feet away from the edge of the pool?!?!?

Urine is sterile. Besides, the ppm of human urine is far less than the bird fecal matter and other pollutants settling in the pond. Apparently, rather than educate the piblic it is better behave like screeching Gibbons. Watchout, they might start throwing feces at each other and they will have drain the reservior again. The City of Portland is an embarrassment to all of Oregon.

My groundwater is pumped up from an aquifer that is recharged from rain and home waste water from septic systems. The layers of soil and compacted sands filter out most undesirable impurities. I love to tell my students that their toilet water is part of what replenishes their groundwater source. The water authority tests and treats only with lime and chlorine. Additional filtration can be applied for toxins such as volatiles. Testing the reservoir water should have been sufficient.
I agree with the comment – spend the money on a better security barrier.

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